🌱 The Science and Magic of Sungrown Cannabis | Bioactive Podcast 🌱 Join Dr. Riley Kirk and an inspiring panel of experts — Tina Gordon, Lindsay MaHarry, Colleen King, and Christina Wong — as they dive deep into the unique qualities of sungrown cannabis! Recorded after their 2024 Emerald Cup…
How Consumption Methods Affect Cannabis Chemistry | Dr. Riley Kirk | Bioactive Podcast In this episode of the Bioactive Podcast, Dr. Riley Kirk breaks down how cannabis consumption methods—whether smoking, vaping, or edibles—can impact the chemistry and effects you experience. We often focus on strain-specific effects to curate our cannabis…
Understanding Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS) | Bioactive Podcast with Dr. Riley Kirk, Dr. Codi Peterson, & Megan Mbengue In this episode of the Bioactive Podcast, we uncover the complexities of Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS)—a paradoxical condition where chronic cannabis use can trigger severe nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Despite cannabis…
In this video, Riley interviews Jini Glaros, the Chief Science Officer (CSO) at Modern Canna, about groundbreaking research on the relationship between water activity and moisture content in cannabis. Whether you're part of an MSO, a home grower, or just passionate about cannabis science, understanding how these factors influence product…
In this podcast clip Dr. Riley Kirk and Jini Glaros explain why we need more reserach on delta 8 products (and the other synthetically produced THC isomers). Unfortunately people often do not know these are synthetically made and consumers deserve more transparency in their products. Full podcast episode with Jini…
Dr. Riley Kirk is joined by Jason Wilson, MS on this episode of Bioactive. The two share many interests in self-exploration of the brain with drugs, navigating their own paths in the cannabis industry, thoughts on open access science, and more. Jason is a neurodivergent scientist and excellent science communicator.…
While i'm always very excited to tour grow facilities, I was even MORE excited about this tour because the flower was so beautiful and smoked soooo smoothy. Cadre cannabis is located in California and grows numerous varieties of cannabis, but to me, they're now known for their sunset haze. The…
Riley sits down for the second time with reserach scientist Twinkle Paryani from Abstrax Tech. Twinkle and the rest of the team at Abstrax recently published a paper titled "Nonterpenoid Chemical Diversity of Cannabis Phenotypes Predicts Differentiated Aroma Characteristics" The full paper can be found (open-access) at https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsomega.4c03225 This paper…
On this week’s episode, Dr. Riley Kirk discusses microbial testing for cannabis products in the legal industry. This is a different conversation than living soil which will be a future topic. Riley chat with microbiologist and medical patient Morgan Boyle about what tests are being done, what species are being…
Dr. Whiteney Ogle researchers how people are using weed for exercise, she is passionate about this subject because she has found the benefits of medicating before runs, hikes and other forms of exercise. Dr. Riley Kirk and Dr. Whiteney Ogle talk about what reserach is happening, how both of them…
